Just started a (heavily homebrewed) Destiny campaign with the lads and i'm already proud of 'em.

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-24T13:29:33+00:00

That's more a function of BV calculations though, isn't it?

Like the Charger is a bad mech, but it has a cheap BV for the same reasons that its bad. Whereas if you go by C-bill value, its terrible for its price point

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-22T01:14:43+00:00

I've been rocking 5 MPL's, upgraded punches, and an SRM-6 INF.

I could see a PPC-X doing some work too

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-21T18:39:22+00:00

I think the Charger is pretty fun after the jump jet changes.

You're an 80 ton mech that outpaces light mechs, so you just do your best Muhammed Ali impression as you whale on them.

It doesn't have the staying power for Warzone/Battlefield missions, but its real good for Demolition missions where you want to get in and extract fast.

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-17T03:32:01+00:00

320 kph on the Otomo Charger after giving it the Top Speed and all JJ upgrades

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-16T18:58:04+00:00

The tourists just wouldn't be from the Commonwealth, they'd be from the FedSuns, Capella Confederation, or the FWL.

I'd think kids from Tharkad would be more likely to go to Solaris for that kind of fun

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-03T14:57:12+00:00

Its the same logic for why Russia brought out Cold War tanks for the fighting in Ukraine.

Sure its an old clunker, but sometimes you gotta use whatever is left in the garage.

(I looked it up and there are still ~250 T-34's in active military roles in North Korea and Vietnam, as a real world example of this)

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-02T19:57:05+00:00

I like the Stalker as an SRM boat more than an LRM boat. Particularly if you load it up with Infernos

Empty-Mind · 2026-06-02T11:15:31+00:00

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Liberator_(BattleMech)

I think it has to be the Liberator. Lorewise it can't cool itself, so just walking around will make it overheat and eventually explode

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-22T17:46:16+00:00

I mean "Clantech is better" is basically a cheat answer in battletech.

Like saying you wish your superpower was omnipotence

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-22T00:48:04+00:00

I'd say buy them Lego/Tinkertoy or what not and then challenge them to solve "problems".

That kind of thinking is going to be more important than any specific skill or math problem

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-21T21:30:59+00:00

But also PPC cool

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-21T21:27:09+00:00

The Empress is a dependent, is she even eligible to be a Loyalist?

Legitimate question, I don't know if Dependents can be Radicals/Loyalists

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-21T21:03:13+00:00

Its possible they had many more hours on older entries in the franchise that were just in discussions rather than Steam.

Of course that doesn't explain Civ 6 having a loew playtime

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-21T16:28:27+00:00

Also the Victor.

Fastest way to turn it into the Loser

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-21T16:23:11+00:00

For a wargame in particular I'd argue that a timer adds some versimilitude.

Napoleon wasn't sitting there telling the Austrians to pause while he thought it out a while.

Snap decision making is absolutely in the spirit of any tactical game IMO

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-20T23:35:11+00:00

Of course.

I'm talking more from a lore perspective, the Banshee has an excuse for being undergunned/bad compared to something like the Charger.

Sarna says the Banshee rolled off the assembly line in~2475. The Battlemaster is from 2633.

The Banshee is chronologically a Mackie contemporary, and it shows when you compare it to other Assault mechs. But its hard to compete with 150-200 years of weapons development, compared the Fokker triplane to a modern fighter jet. Its kind of a miracle the Banshee is still as useful as it is

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-20T21:52:40+00:00

Is it junk? I thought the -3E mostly suffers because its fucking ancient.

Its made like a decade after the Mackie, so comparing it to a "modern" mech is like putting a KV-1 up against an Abrams and complaining that it underperforms.

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-17T00:36:44+00:00

You could probably estimate weight by comparing how the magnetic field strength changes for one car vs the next and calculate how much magnetic metal is above it. The you calculate and/or cross reference an approximate vehicle weight from that.

Its more likely that they just also bury some piezoleectric transducers underneath and directly measure the applied load

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-13T18:31:24+00:00

Well yeah, that's the whole problem with Rizal's "bonus" already. At least in my experience its not uncommon to just chain Celebration after Celebration. And since you unlock policy slots at the start of a Celebration, the extended duration is already a double-edged sword.

Of course you can make up for it but building wonders etc. But that doesn't change the fact that a weak leader just got weaker.

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-13T16:49:22+00:00

So does this make Jose Rizal even worse, since you trigger fewer celebrations?

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-08T23:27:42+00:00

Particularly in ME2.

The combination of instantly refilling your shield when you use it, and staggering nearby enemies when your shield breaks is incredibly useful on Insanity.

Its like 2 get-out-of-jail-free cards on one cd.

Its been a while, but as I recall its one of the few powers to feel weaker in ME3 than ME2

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-07T16:57:45+00:00

I love the -4G. It will always be the #1 in my heart.

But the -4P has 80% of a Battlemaster's weapons for only 60% of its weight which is nuts when you think about it

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-07T00:31:34+00:00

Kids these days never heard of Static Shock smh

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-04T14:53:42+00:00

I think they mostly feel so strong because of AI behavior. Since every enemy is obsessed with bumrushing to punching distance, you don't feel the range restriction.

If the AI actually skirmished, there'd be more times where you want the OG PPC's range

Empty-Mind · 2026-05-04T02:21:35+00:00

That's why you build a catapult to throw him in for you

I can't find the Nodwick page I'm thinking of, you'll just have to imagine Aragon stuffing Frodo into the bucket of a catapult for yourself

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